* David Miller | 2007-10-10 16:25:28 [-0700]: >From: Sebastian Siewior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:53:37 +0200 > >> * Oliver Hartkopp | 2007-10-10 19:53:53 [+0200]: >> >> > CC [M] crypto/authenc.o >> > crypto/authenc.c: In function ?crypto_authenc_hash?: >> > crypto/authenc.c:88: warning: ?cryptlen? may be used uninitialized in this >> > function >> > crypto/authenc.c:87: warning: ?dst? may be used uninitialized in this >> > function >> > crypto/authenc.c: In function ?crypto_authenc_decrypt?: >> > crypto/authenc.c:163: warning: ?cryptlen? may be used uninitialized in >> > this >> > function >> > crypto/authenc.c:163: note: ?cryptlen? was declared here >> > crypto/authenc.c:162: warning: ?src? may be used uninitialized in this >> > function >> > crypto/authenc.c:162: note: ?src? was declared here >> > >> > do you already know these warnings? >> >> Those warnings are looking like a compiler bug to me. > >To be honest I don't know of any compiler which commits enough >flow variable analysis to support doing %100 accurate warnings >in situations like this.
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2) did not produce any warnings in this case. >Since the compiler is unlikely to do so, I think we should fix >it somehow because useless warnings just distract. sure. Sebastian - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html